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Maybe differences between how I was taught years ago with gears and clutches and today. But not sure how you'd brake in the corner unless something has gone wrong and you're bailing. It just takes too long to switch pedals unless you've mastered left foot braking. I was taught brake hard...

QED. So use engine braking more. Also the drivers on track (and if you are hussling on the road) will brake hard in a straight line into a corner and then steer and balance it with the throttle, using acceleration and engine braking, through the corner. I can understand on US roads which...

Try taking a road car on a test track to experience jut how fast disc brakes can fade and fail on you. On a hill you are far better to use the engine to brake than the disc brakes. If your disc brakes overheat and fail your are cooked. If the engine fails for some reason you can always...

When I was taught to drive in the UK many moons ago engine braking right to a stop or fail the test was the rule. When my daughter were taught 15 years ago coasting to a braked stop was the rule. Energy saving was the new rationale and we have a lot of stick shifts where putting the clutch down...